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Foreign Exchange Controls | Government restrictions on the use of currency, bank drafts, or other payment types to regulate imports, exports, and trade balances.
Forty Foot (40’) Equivalent Unit (FEU) | Commonly describes a 40-foot container or two TEUs.
Free Along Side (FAS) | A basis of pricing meaning the price of goods alongside a transport vessel at a specified location. The buyer is responsible for loading the goods onto the transport vessel and paying all of the cost of shipping beyond that location.
Free and Secure Trade (FAST) | A joint Canada/U.S. border security agreement, of which C-TPAT and PIP are the main initiatives.
Free In and Out (FIO) | A term used in ship-chartering whereby the owner of the ship is not responsible for any charges incurred in the ports of loading or unloading.
Free On Board (FOB) | The seller agrees to deliver merchandise, free of all transportation expense, to the place specified by the contract. Once delivery is complete, the title to all the goods and the risk of damage becomes the buyer’s.
Free Storage Period (FSP) | A carrier offers a period of time, normally three to five days, at destinations whereby imported containers or cargo are allowed to be taken for delivery by consignees free of any storage charge. After the FSP, there will be an overtime storage charge or demurrage levied by the carriers to the consignee. When bulk shipments are involved, the carriers are prepared to negotiate a longer FSP with the consignees.
Freight | (a) The price paid to the carrier for the transportation of goods or merchandise by sea or air from one place to another. (b) Also used to denote goods that are in the process of being transported from one place to another.
Freight All Kind (FAK) | A system whereby freight is charged per container, irrespective of the nature of the cargo, and not according to a tariff.
Freight Collect | The freight and charges agreed upon by the shipper and carrier are payable at the destination.
Freight Forwarder | A freight forwarder combines less-than-truckload (LTL) or less-than-carload (LCL) shipments into carload or truckload lots. Freight forwarders are designated as common carriers. They also issue bills of lading and accept responsibility for cargo. The term may also refer to the company that fills railroad trains with trailers.
Freight Prepaid | Freight and charges are required to be paid by a shipper before an original bill of lading is released.
Fuel Adjustment Factor (FAF) | An ancillary charge on ocean freight shipments to account for fluctuations in fuel costs.
Full Berth Terms (FBT) | Indicates that the cost of loading and discharge is included in the steamship rate quoted. Ship owner pays these.
Full Container Load (FCL) | An arrangement whereby the shipper packs cargo into a container provided by the carrier or the forwarder before.
Functional Currency | The currency of the primary economic environment of an entity. For ODFL, this is U.S. dollars.
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General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) | An international multi-lateral agreement embodying a code of practice for fair trading in international commerce.
General Average | An unwritten, non-statutory, international maritime law that is universally recognized and applied. It is founded on the principle that vessel and goods are parties to the same venture and share exposure to the same perils, which may require sacrifice or the incurring of extraordinary expense on the part of one for the benefit of the whole venture. It is an arrangement that will be applied when the vessel encounters serious accidents caused by force majeure.
G.R.I. | General Rate Increase.
Gross Tonnage | Applies to vessels, not to cargo. Determined by dividing by 100 the contents, in cubic feet, of the vessel’s closed-in spaces.
Gross Weight | Entire weight of goods, packaging, and container, ready for shipment.
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